In this aerial photo released by the Historic England Archive taken by the United States Army Air Force, on April 24, 1944, a view of RAF Chalgrove (USAAF Station 465) and RAF Mount Farm (USAAF Station 2… LONDON — Way before Google Earth, there was photo reconnaissance by the U.S. Army Air Forces.

During World War II, specifically in 1943 and 1944, reconnaissance units of the USAAF — the predecessor to the U.S. Air Force — captured photos of the changing face of England, primarily around the American bases in the south of the country.

More than 3,600 of their black […]

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